Late at night, a phone call came in. As soon as I answered, I heard my wife's moans mixed with her best friend's fiancé's. The man panted and said, "This makes it more thrilling." Then the call was abruptly disconnected. I flew into a rage immediately and rushed out to find them. In the end, I discovered Ellis and her boy toy having sex in the company office. Nine years of marriage, and my wife frequently worked overtime, neglecting both me and our son. I kept lying to myself that she was just career-driven, that she still had me in her heart. I never imagined she'd been keeping a man on the side at the office! I grabbed a wooden chair, about to beat that man to death, when a gunshot hit my wrist. Ellis smiled as she pressed the gun to my forehead: "I never loved you. Be smart about this. Your father just died recently—do you want to join him?" Before I could answer, the gun fired accidentally, and I died on the spot. My eyes snapped open. I had been reborn. My phone screen was lit up with a message from her: "I'm busy today. I won't be attending your father's funeral." I stared at the screen and slowly curved my lips into a smile. This time, I won't come looking for you two. I'll make you crawl to me and beg for mercy.
"Honey, you're coming with me to try on suits. Won't Howard be angry? I heard today is the day Howard's father is being buried..." Roger's voice carried a hint of guilt. Ellis quickly reassured him, "It's fine. Atalanta is dead, and what she owed you, I'll make up for on her behalf. After all, I'm Atalanta's best friend! Besides, don't worry. Howard understands. Anyway, it's his dad who died, not mine. Whether I go or not doesn't matter." "Mm, thank you, Ellis." Roger hugged Ellis tightly. The video cut off there. I knew Roger had sent me this video. Just like in my previous life, he knew exactly how to provoke me. But I would never be the same as before. I simply replied, "Don't worry, I know your fiancée died and you're hurting. I'm the one who asked my wife to go comfort you. I won't be angry." Then I forwarded the screenshot to Ellis: "Ellis, take good care of Mr. Roger and tell him not to worry." After that, I didn't look at my phone again. After handling my father's funeral arrangements, my mom looked at me with red-rimmed eyes. I forced out a smile. "Mom, quit your job." My mom froze, then as if realizing something, quickly nodded. "Okay, I'll handle it as soon as possible and then leave. You two should leave quickly too." "Mm." We tacitly avoided mentioning our rebirth. After we parted, I took my son home. I just didn't expect Ellis to be there. When she saw me, she looked extremely flustered. "Howard, don't misunderstand. I was just worried Roger would be sad, so I..." "I understand everything. You're already working so hard earning money to support our family. Atalanta was your best friend, and she died because of you. It's only right that you take care of her fiancé." "Howard, you..." Ellis looked at me in disbelief. Yes, she was right to be suspicious. After all, in my previous life, I had absolutely despised Roger. Even when Atalanta was still alive, I didn't like Roger. I always felt this man had ulterior motives being with Atalanta, but Ellis said I was just jealous. "Just because Roger is more handsome than you, you say he's scheming? Howard, you've disappointed me so much." That was the first time we argued over Roger. "Howard, you're really not angry?" Ellis asked again. I nodded. "Mm." Seeing that I didn't seem to be pretending, Ellis breathed a sigh of relief. I took the opportunity to slip the divorce papers among some insurance documents for her to sign. Perhaps because she felt guilty toward me, Ellis signed without even looking. And as I watched the freshly signed divorce agreement, my eyes were filled with nothing but hatred. Ellis, since in your previous life you didn't hesitate to kill my entire family for this man, I'll fulfill your wish this lifetime. I want to see—between money and this man, which will you choose. After that, Ellis behaved very well, even taking the initiative to drop our son off at school. But I didn't expect Roger to lose his patience.
That evening, after Ellis picked up our son, she didn't come home for a long time. No matter how many times I called, she wouldn't answer. Frightened, I rushed out to find them. But as soon as I opened the door, I saw Ellis with a dark expression on her face. Not seeing my son, I was about to ask when Ellis's palm struck my face. "Howard, I thought you were truly understanding, but I never imagined you'd deceive me! You incited our son to target Roger. Is that fun for you?" I didn't know what had happened, but it wasn't hard to guess—Roger must have staged something. "I didn't." But Ellis didn't believe me at all. I asked where our son was, and she snorted coldly. "If he does something wrong, naturally he must be punished." My heart clenched. Ellis glared at me viciously. To keep her stable, I said nothing more and simply apologized. Ellis's attitude softened, and she told me to apologize to Roger. I went. He pretended to be terrified, hiding behind Ellis. In the end, I knelt in the pouring rain all night before Ellis finally calmed down. After bringing my son home, I finally learned what had happened. I never expected Roger would scheme against even such a small child. Elliott said that when Ellis picked him up, Roger was already in the car. Later, Elliott didn't know what happened, but Roger suddenly said he felt unwell and mentioned something about allergies. Ellis immediately decided that Elliott had deliberately caused Roger's allergic reaction. Looking at my son's swollen eyes from crying, my heart ached terribly. In that moment, my desire to kill them peaked. After that, Ellis didn't come home, staying away to comfort Roger. I was actually relieved to have the peace and quiet. But I didn't expect that when she returned, she brought Roger with her. "Roger has been living in the house he used to rent with Atalanta. Now every object there reminds him of her. Our house is so big—one more person won't make a difference." Ellis wasn't asking for my opinion—she was informing me. I said nothing, only looked at Roger. At this point, all the neighbors knew that Ellis had brought her best friend's fiancé to stay and care for him. They all praised Ellis. "Miss Ellis is so righteous." "Exactly. Atalanta was so lucky to have a friend like Miss Ellis." Even Roger nodded along. "Yes, I'm truly grateful to Miss Ellis during this time. If not for her, I don't know if I could have gone on living." When Roger cried, Ellis tenderly held him in her arms. But she seemed to forget this was our home, and she was my wife. The onlookers also froze. When Ellis realized something was wrong, she quickly released Roger. "Howard, you take care of Mr. Roger first. I'm going to visit Atalanta's grave." The next moment, Ellis hugged me. "Thank you for your hard work." Now no one around said anything else. I was nearly disgusted by her, but still pretended nothing had happened. After Ellis left, my son looked at me in confusion. "Dad, do we have to let him come? I don't like him." I didn't know how to tell my son about our rebirth. When we first returned after rebirth, my son hugged me and cried for a long time. He said: "Dad, I had a terrible nightmare. Mom got together with that man. Mom killed us all because of him. I'm so scared..." It took me a while to calm my son down. But from that moment on, he stopped being close to Ellis. In the past, if she missed his birthday, my son would ignore her for days without me even having to get angry. Actually, before Roger appeared, our family was the most important thing to Ellis. Ellis once chased a thief an entire street to get my stolen wallet back, falling and bloodying her legs but refusing to let go. Later, after the thief was caught, he asked her, "Was it worth it for just a wallet?" She wiped the blood on her knees and said, "Howard's ID is in there. He'd have to take time off work to replace it. I don't want him to miss work." When she was pregnant with our son, her morning sickness was severe, yet she secretly turned down a promotion interview at headquarters. I only found out later from her colleague that the interviewer had waited for her all afternoon that day. I asked her why she didn't tell me. She said, "There will be other chances for promotion. My child with you is more important."
You see, when a woman truly loves you, she really loves you. But when she doesn't love you anymore, she truly doesn't. Ellis once said, "Howard, my parents left me early. Your parents are my parents." But later, she personally killed our entire family because of that man, Roger. So now, Ellis deserved to die even more than Roger. "Elliott, do you remember what Dad told you?" My son nodded innocently. I smiled. "Then listen to Dad. Don't show that you dislike Roger. Dad and Grandma will take you away soon, okay?" "Okay." Elliott was very obedient and said nothing more. My mom also sent me a message—she had already processed her resignation and could leave in another two weeks. On my end, I had the divorce agreement and evidence of Ellis's affair. The lawyer said it wouldn't take two weeks to finalize our divorce. According to the agreement, Ellis would leave with nothing. I was very clear that killing Ellis to avenge my previous life would be too easy for her. I had to make Ellis understand what it meant to wish for death. But as soon as she left, Roger dropped his act. The gentle, vulnerable person he was in front of Ellis became snarling in front of me. "Howard, I really underestimated you. Ellis has made it so obvious, yet you still won't divorce her?" Facing Roger's eyes that looked like they wanted to devour me alive, I couldn't help but laugh. You want to claim your position so badly? Fine, I'll grant your wish. Just before Ellis and Roger entered, I had already obtained the most crucial evidence. These two were truly ruthless. Ellis was right about one thing—Atalanta had indeed saved her life. Yet she personally caused Atalanta's death. "Howard, if I were you, I would have gone and died already." "Is that so? Someone who seduces her best friend's husband hasn't died yet. Why should I?" I didn't hold back with Roger. Since Ellis wasn't here, I had no need to pretend. We stared at each other with hostility for a long time, until the servants finished organizing Roger's belongings. Watching his things being moved into the master bedroom, I said nothing. I was leaving anyway. If that bitch wanted to serve him, whatever. I didn't want to be crushed by a dog. That evening, Elliott and I were having dinner when Roger suddenly screamed upstairs. At the same moment, the door opened and Ellis came back. But she didn't even look at us and went straight upstairs. Soon, Ellis came downstairs seething with anger. Seeing her emotional state was off, I quickly moved Elliott behind me to protect him. "Howard, I never expected you to play one game to my face and another behind my back." Facing Ellis's eyes that looked like they wanted to eat me alive, I felt like I couldn't breathe. "Howard, you're the one who let Roger stay in the master bedroom. Why did you deliberately put a knife on the bed? Are you trying to kill him?" Hearing this, I couldn't help but laugh. "Me? Put a knife there?" "Wasn't it you?" "Then let's check the surveillance footage." As soon as I said that, Roger, who had been crying at the top of the stairs, turned pale. "You installed surveillance in the master bedroom?" "My house. Can't I install surveillance wherever I want?" My rhetorical question instantly shut Roger up. "Fine, I want to see just how vicious you are." Ellis was about to go to the surveillance room but was stopped by Roger. "Ellis, I'm fine. Don't fight with Howard because of me." Roger said many things. Ellis listened gently and even praised him: "Howard, you need to learn more from Roger." I looked expressionlessly at these two despicable people, nearly vomiting. But I held it in. That night, nothing happened, except Ellis stayed in Roger's room.
After that, Roger and Ellis were brazenly affectionate, and I turned a blind eye to it all. On the surface, I obeyed Ellis in everything and treated Roger exceptionally well too. Sometimes I even acted quite servile. Ellis saw it all, and her guilt toward me grew day by day. Now when she looked at me, her eyes were much softer. Sometimes she would even ignore some of Roger's demands because of me. Roger gradually realized I was doing it deliberately, so he started acting even more than I did. Of course, what Roger did most was frame me. Unfortunately, having been reborn, I already knew all his tactics inside and out. When he framed me for pushing him, I injured myself instead. He fell to the ground, while I lay in a pool of blood. What could Ellis say when she saw me covered in blood? She would take me to the hospital. Every time this happened, Roger would stomp his feet in anger. And I took advantage of being alone with Ellis at the hospital to play recordings of Roger provoking me. Then I gently held her hand. "Ellis, I know Roger is like this because Atalanta died. I don't blame him. Please don't trouble him, okay? He's already so pitiful. My son and I are fine. We'll both help him get through this." My appearance, with reddened eyes, swallowing my grievances, completely pulled Ellis's heart back to my side. As soon as I was discharged, she pulled me into intimacy. But I was terrified. I quickly made some noise. Sure enough, within three seconds Roger rushed in. "Ellis, I don't feel well. Can you take me to the hospital?" "Call the driver." Ellis was displeased at being interrupted at such a passionate moment, and even her expression toward Roger turned sour. Roger was instantly heartbroken. As the husband, I expressed understanding. "It's fine. You should go with Mr. Roger to the hospital first. If Atalanta were watching from heaven and saw us ignoring Mr. Roger, she'd be sad." When I mentioned Atalanta, Ellis, though displeased, still got out of bed. A minute later, the car left the villa. I watched them leave from the balcony before going to my son's room. Elliott had been ready for a while. Seeing the smile on my face, he asked, "Dad, can we leave now?" I nodded. After enduring for two weeks, it was time to go. During these two weeks, I had to endure Roger's provocations while also enduring strange looks from those around me. No one knew how I got through it. But I knew it was time for blood debts to be repaid. When Elliott and I arrived at the airport, my mom was already there. Before boarding, Ellis sent me a message: "Howard, Roger's situation is a bit complicated. Go to sleep first, don't wait for me." Seeing the message, I couldn't help but laugh. Such good acting. She probably didn't know yet that Roger and I communicated quite smoothly in private. Just now, Roger had also sent me a message: "Your wife is mine tonight." Attached was a video of the two of them in bed. I didn't reply to either of their messages, but I did something else. After completing the operation, I turned off my phone. In that moment, I felt completely liberated. The next instant, Ellis, who was in the middle of sex, received a call from her assistant. "You better have a good reason." "Miss Ellis, you need to check the company's official website immediately." After the assistant finished speaking, Ellis impatiently opened the website. With just one glance, her face turned pale. "No, this can't be."
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